#wren day

[knave-of-clubs]

Almost completely forgot, but then I remembered!! So, here's day three of my goofy little plan!!

Merry Boxing Day/Saint Stephen's Day to those who celebrate, and happy winter/holiday season to those who who don't!! Here are the last of my Amphibia pics to celebrate!!

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And below the cut are some spooky bonus pics!! Also a funny fact I learned!!

Bonus spooky pics

Also, I found out that there's also a holiday called Wren Day celebrated on the 26th in Ireland. Which. Haha. If the Wren I know sees this, happy Wren Day!! (And, of course, happy Wren Day to all who celebrate!!)

[dvoeverie-stitches]

SeamusFeganArt (etsy.com)

Wren hunting Lá an Dreoilín

[birdwarde]

The Wren! The Wren! The king of all birds!

[wren-writes-things]

happy wren day!! https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wren_Day

And happy Wren Day to you as well!

[weirdchristmas]

Christmas Dead Birds Dying More Dead With Death

I keep finding more dead bird cards. Not all of them are specifically Christmas-related, but… whatever, this is my hobby. I answer to no one

Victorian "dead bird" Christmas cards were a very real thing, and I've done my part to document them. So here I am offering to (insufficiently) answer all your questions about this odd tradition and why it seemed to be so common that it didn't even need commenting upon.

[voluptuarian]

"Cutty Wren" by Johnny Flynn, Robert Macfarlane, Héloïse Tunstall-Behrens and Luisa Gerstein from Six Signs: Six Songs

[stairnaheireann]

Wren Day, also known as Wren's Day or the Day of the Wren (Lá an Dreoilín), celebrated on St Stephen's Day.

The tradition is very much on the wane now but in some few localities Wrenboys still go out in Ireland on St. Stephens Day. The central theme of the wrenboy visit is the wren, an effigy of which is carried about in a holly branch or in a box or cage. Previously it was hunted and killed prior to St. Stephen’s Day and a matter of honour for groups to have a real bird. Why, of all birds, is the…

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[theatre-in-ireland-moodboard]

Wrenboys: Wren Day is an Irish and Manx tradition with roots in Paganism, taking place annually on the 26th December. A group of men and boys "hunt" a wren. Once killed, the wren is affixed to a decorated staff (fig. 2) and paraded around the neighbourhood by "Wrenboys" in conical straw masks (fig. 3 & 4). He who kills the wren is thought to have good luck for a year. Money is collected and songs are sung, such as "the wren, the wren, the king of all birds".